Things don't always go as planned Snows have stormed, and we're undermanned. But the stars still twinkled on a silent night, And somehow, that makes everything alright.
God knows how to play accidents out. All of time's moments are meant without a doubt. Silence is thematic and has real meaning. It's all part of appreciating being a human being.
We go to God in our silent prayers. Sometimes the silence makes us wonder if God is there. In the storms of life, we find our release, As Christ calms the winds and brings us peace.
The silence leads to the stillness of our minds As we leave the crashing waves far behind. Stillness calms the troubles inside our souls As we hand it all over to God, what belongs under his control.
After 400 silent years, John the Baptist prepared the way. For four hundred years, God waited for Christ's day Before He walked among us bringing humanity's redemption. Stillness broke the silence as Emmanuel brought us salvation.
(c) December 14, 2025 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”– Dwight D. Eisenhower
Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of...) by Michael Doyle
Cropper laid the template for rock-n-roll. Green Onions made the Soul Man cry. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay consoled our souls As Otis crashed and the rest of America cried.
He proved that sometimes more is said with less. With each note in its pocket, no one had to guess. A flashy solo isn't needed when you know what to say. The language of rock-n-roll is to feel as you play.
Steve Cropper laid down rock's essential groove. His licks made the world jump up and move. Laid out in smooth touching bare necessities, There wasn't a need to clutter it up with complexity.
With a chaotic bit of madness in its primal purity, The best of players swagger with style and certainty. Serving the song just move the tunes along, Steve stabbed the dissonance into right where it belonged.
Sometimes the best music is filled with just enough space, Keeping it simple as notes fall into just the right place. Chugging patterns make sure the timing is precious and tight. Steve always played it succinctly and simply right.
(c) December 13, 2025 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to publick opinion. This is the weak point of our defenses, and the part to which the enemies of the system will direct all their attacks. Opinion can be so perverted as to cause the false to seem the true; the enemy, a friend, and the friend, an enemy; the best interests of the nation to appear insignificant, and trifles of moment; in a word, the right the wrong, and the wrong the right.” – James F. Cooper
Coming the faithful altogether, Our praise songs get increasingly better. Our savior in the manger was born To be our king, as he arrived that Christmas morn.
Humanity often fails in its precision. We are prone toward sowing our own division. History shows unity in what we do believe. Joyfully, we triumph in what it is that we conceive.
Through belief in Christ, we have victory. This redemption has unfolded throughout history. All scripture points toward our salvation. This truth should be viewed with fascination.
In all of David's being so completely broken, If the plain truth is quietly spoken, Through it all God's faithfulness sees us through. God brings us to sanctification in all we do.
Through our long and continuous journey, The Ark of the Covenant has pointed to our destiny. Whatever we have seen, in all the good and bad, too, We find our peace by taking in the longview.
The house of holiness arrived through Christology Came to fulfill God's love and His noble integrity. Jesus came as King of Kings for all eternity. This s the way of gratitude and is our destiny.
From the beginning's Word to our final living end, Christ's love has been revealing that He is our friend. Life comes as God's gift, we live to our best every day, In the amazing grace that has come as our living way.
(c) December 12, 2025 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
